Morning journal and courier., 1887-11-07
THE NEW PASTOR.

Rev. l.. H. Squires Breaches Ills First
 sermon as Pastor at the Church of
 the Messiah-MakInEt the Hest of Life
 Ignorance is Killing the World, Not
 Poverty.
 Rev. L. H. Squires, who lately accepted 8 call from the Church of the Messiah, occupied the pulpit of that church yesterday morning for the first time as pastor. He delivered an interesting and able sermon. He took for his text Luke iv, 4: "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God"
 Jesus had been to revival meeting, had
 listened to the fiery preaching of the new re-
 former John, had been baptized by him in
 the Jordan and had gone back home to Gali-
 lee filled with holy enthusiasm and con-
 secrated purpose to make the best of life. He
 had temptations. He might become mili-
 tary leader and build up again the kingdom
 of his people. He might gain power, riches and renown, but he overcame these tempta- tions, chose the better treasures of the soul and devoted himself to life of righteous ness.
 The text indicates this victory of the high CT life in man over the lower, and contains a good lesson for this busy, rushing, mate rialistic age. Food alone makes only an animal. Ami mals never read, never cultivate the artistic tastes, have no eye for the beautiful or cu- rious in nature, never go out of their way to hear a concert, sermon or lecture, and never go to church; and if man shall do none of these things what better is he than the | brute If we are not growing in mental and spiritual things, but living only in the | fesh we are scarcely better than animals. The speaker then spoke from personal ex' perience, showing how book had once saved | his life and declared that more people are ! dying for want of wisdom than for want o1 | food. Ignorance kills more than poverty For everyone who is starving to death 1T | this country hundred are dying of dyspep ! sia Multitudes are daily going down tc premature graves, not from the want of the \ necessaries of life, but from not knowing | how to live.
 I More true is it that character and useful ness depend upon ones mental and sp1r1tua
 food. One boy reads ''Self Help" and il
 makes man of him. It sends him to tht \ debating club and the lecture course, to good | literature and good society and to-day he Ii | an honored and prosperous young mar | preaching the word of life to others. The | other young man scorns the 1yceum and takei ! to the streets. He reads no book, but likes his beer. His fortune is wasted on fine sup | pers and fast company. And to-day he is il | Sing Sing State prison. He lived on "bread' alone and has found his level. It may b. ! said these young men are different by nature It may be; but whatever the soil there mus
 be good seed sown or it will produce nothing l We need to surround ourselves with all pos sible means of enlightenment. When | book will save life you cannot afford \ to be without books. When music \ will gooth passions and charm away care yoI \ cannot afford to be without music. When { sermon will quicken ones moral energies ant
 save soul you cannot afford to ignor' sermons.
 | Would you be wise? Then sit at the fee of the worlds great thinkers and learn O ' them. Do you want to be noble? Put your self amid crumbling influences Walk witt the good, the true, the beautiful. Keep th doors and windows of the soul open, fo | none can tell when or where some word O. God may come with help and healing. Wis
 are they who shall be found not looking fo
 bread alone, but ready to receive that wis | dom which giveth life.
 1 There was no service at the church in tn
 evening. Hereafter, however, there will b \ two services